1. What illness would you contract for a six-month period in exchange for your favorite team winning a championship?

Christian: I’d probably take bird flu, swine flu and any other type of barnyard animal flu if the Mariners could win a World Series at some point before I die. Though if I had all of those diseases for six months, that’s not likely.

Maks: Too bad my favorite team is no longer in town :-(.

Allen: Ideally none, but since I’d do almost anything to have the Huskies win a championship … erectile dysfunction.

Mark: I would gladly contract swine flu for the Redskins to win a regular-season game convincingly. So for them to win a championship, I think we’re talking terminal illness here.

2. Would you give Rush Limbaugh an NFL team? Why or why not?

Christian: That would be less responsible than hiring Roman Polanski as a babysitter.

Maks: Uh, no. It’d be like giving Don Imus a job in women’s college basketball.

Allen: Well, the Rams are worthless, anyway, so he can have them.

Mark: I would never give Rush Limbaugh an NFL team. I don’t think he is ready to handle the possibility of hiring minorities on his coaching staff or — dare I say it — the front office. Limbaugh missed his chance in the first half of the 20th century, when the color-line was still enforced.

3. Are the Seahawks back now that Matt Hasselbeck is playing again?

Christian: They’re back in the same way that Julius Jones is good. So no.

Maks: It certainly looked that way last Sunday, and it’ll probably keep looking that way this Sunday against the Cardinals, seeing as how they’re allowing more than 300 yards per game through the air — last in the NFL.

Allen: No. What’s the point when he gets injured every other week? Also, Julius Jones sucks.

Mark: No, beating up on the bi-polar Jaguars does not really constitute the makings of a Seahawks revival. I think their biggest problem will be facing a team that can rattle Hasselbeck’s cage. Also, I don’t think any franchise can succeed after using Skittles as uniforms.

4. Are the Huskies bowl-bound? Why or why not?

Christian: Here’s hoping for 6-6, if only so we can make a trip to the Las Vegas Bowl in December.

Maks: Assuming there are no injuries and no Stanford-esque performances in these last few games, the Huskies should be on the their way.

Allen: It’s too early to answer that question. I think we’ll have a better idea this Saturday when the Huskies play ASU. Win, and the Huskies could be on their way. Lose, and they sit at 3-4 with tough games against Oregon, Oregon State and Cal still on the docket.

Mark: The Huskies are bowl-bound, in my opinion. I know they aren’t USC-North quite yet, but a team that has a knack for making plays at the right time is a team going in the right direction.

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